Gone Dead Train

It's a gone dead train

Yes, it's a gone dead train

My engine was pumpin' steam

And I was grindin' at you

Hard and fast

Burnin' down the rails

Tryin' to heat the way

Haulin' ass and ridin' up the track

And I laughed at the conductor

Who was tellin' me my coal

It would never last

But then the fire in my boiler

Up and quit before I came

Ain't no empty cellar

Like a gone dead train

Once was at a time when I could

Mama shave 'em dry

Raise a fever, ice-down chill

Waitin' at the station

With a heavy loaded sack

Savin' up and holdin' just to spill

Shootin' my supply through my demon's eye

Instead of holdin' my time

I hope I will

But then the fire in my boiler

Up and quit before I came

There ain't no empty cellar

Needs a gone dead train

(Yes, it's a gone dead train)

I'm gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn, it's a

(You know, it's a gone dead train)

(Yes, it's a gone dead train)

I'm gonna teach it to learn now, now, now

(You know, it's a gone dead train)

Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn

There ain't no easy day

When your daily run's a downhill pull

And there ain't no easy way

Wishin' for some jelly roll

There ain't no switch been made

To make your juicy lemon find

A spring to run a dry well full

But then the fire in my boiler

Up and quit before I came

Ain't no empty cellar

Needs a gone dead train

(Yes, it's a gone dead train)

I'm gonna teach it to learn now, babe)

(You know, it's a gone dead train)

Gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn, burn

(Yes, it's a gone dead train)

It's a gone dead train, you gotta learn

(You know, it's a gone dead train)

Gonna teach it, gonna teach it, gonna teach it to burn